Councilman Nixon, you could be the birth of yet another “oops.” To finalize a formal action on the parks and roads ballot measures is language that implies a decision has already been made. You are just looking for an undeserved pat on the back, a re-enforcement of what you’ve already decided and a blessing of yet another unnecessary tax increase. The public hearing to put or not to put the measures on the ballot should have occurred before the Kirkland Council took action to finalize their decision. It was not.

I believe what the council meant was to make the public think their voices will be heard and that it will influence the council’s decision on whether it will put the measures on the ballot. I don’t believe it will. They might as well be just talking to the wall. Whatever the public wants,  you are going to do what you want with or without them.

The hearing will be a farce, a showcase  to give the public a sense of caring. But you don’t. Such was the case of annexation, with allowing unlimited multi-residential densities, creating more traffic jams, and changing zones by the Planning Director as a “corrective” action without public hearings only because it would take too much time. You are not protecting or improving our quality of life.

Your autocratic methods continues to prevail. It too can be interpreted as yet another “oops” forgetting to include the public at the proper time.  But then again, you’re a politician.

You want endorsements. You only put issues of fire, police, and parks on the ballot if you think you are going to win. I believe the pubic also needs to know enough to make an informed decision. If you desire to befuddle the public, thank goodness for the pro and con statements on the ballot.

Finally, memory is something that is really hard to change. I would hope citizens remember the way you do business with or without them. “Oops, I said it again.”

Bob Style, Kirkland